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February 27, 2008  RSS feed

Celebrating the February few
Leap year babies enjoy their day
Although Carol Dunton says she will be 15 on Friday she is actually turning 60. Betty Ryder will tell you she is having her sweet 16 celebration on Friday, but do not be fooled - she is really about to sing, "When I'm 64. More...
Road to Hong Kong

ROB BENCHLEY/The Independent From the left, Sonya Martel, Elizabeth Eldridge and Mackennah Hardie hold paper fans and parasols on a shipboard "tour" to the Far East at the Whaling Museum on Monday. The exploration was part of a school vacation week "Passport to History" hosted by the Nantucket Historical Association. The fun continues today, tomorrow and Friday from 1-4 p.m. with more adventures to the South Pacific and a peek into the lives of giant squid. More...

Sports club opposed by Madaket residents
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER

Proponents of the Nantucket Sporting Club seemed to be playing the role of the hunted at the Planning Board meeting on Monday night as Madaket residents turned out in force to condemn the project. In addition to the 48 letters of opposition to the proposed west end retreat for hunters and fishermen at 324 and 326 Madaket Road, the board also heard verbal complaints. More...

 Other News
• article has image Meet Your Neighbor
Dick Burns
Date of birth March 8, 1940 Likes best about Nantucket The sense of community. He said he felt he was home soon after moving here. Likes least about Nantucket Development, though he knows it is an economic inevitability. More...
• article has image TRUCK HITS HOUSE; NO ONE HURT
• HDC: Public safety complex design needs additional work
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 The Arts
• article has image Seaside 'modesty'
Sandanwede brought summer living to the Jetties
Size and function are relative considerations when it comes to houses on Nantucket. Whereas one person may deem the singlestory, rustic cottages of Codfish Park as defining "modest" island architecture, that is also the way Edwin J. Hulbert viewed his Sandanwede, the first summer home built in the Jetties area in 1881. More...
• article has image Singsong wind blows a cappella concert ashore
• article has image OPEN THAT BOTTLE!
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 Opinion
• LETTERS
SEND YOUR VIEWS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: DON@NANTUCKETINDEPENDENT.COM
SHOOTING RANGE DISTURBS PEACE To the editor: I am a year-round resident of Wigwam Road. I have owned my property since 1992 and have been walking my dogs, mountain biking, going to the beach and generally enjoying the serenity of the Madaquecham area since the mid-70s. More...
• LESSONS FOR LIFE
• article has image GREY MATTER by James Cennamo
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 Sports
• article has image PLAYOFF BOUND!
NHS varsity teams earn first-round byes; Girls play at home today at 2, Boys play Thursday at 5:30
With undefeated runs through the Lighthouse Conference, both the boys' and girls' varsity squads received first-round byes with second round home games starting today in the south sectionals of the state tournament. More...
• article has image Ellis, Garufiset NHS records at state meet
• article has image FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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 Developments
• HDC THIS WEEK
SHEDS Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Milestone Road cranberry bog Richard Gammons, 11 Curlew Court Michael DeHeart, 26 Pine Grove Lane MISCELLANEOUS AMENITIES* Sheri Matarese, 3 North Point Road (spa) Janet Zimmerman, More...
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 Columns
• article has image MADAKET CONUNDRUM
Shortly after the dawn broke this morning, I saw a red tail hawk come gracefully swooping through the shadows and alight on the clothesline post. I watched out the window for a few minutes as the bird sat there preening, but keeping a watchful eye out for breakfast. The bird looked at me through the window and I heard a low-throated call: "Open the window! More...
• article has image YACK on: Cape Woodchuck
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 Property Profile
• article has image Pocomo Possibilities
Coldwell Banker Real Estate $1,695,000
The astute buyer of real estate on Nantucket knows one thing to be true: Land on the island is climbing in value faster than improved property. This is likely due to the fact that available residential lots are getting scarcer and scarcer. It's the law of supply and demand. More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image Feb. 18, 2008 ~ Feb. 22, 2008
4. A house on .66 of an acre at 52 Hooper Farm Road sold to Richard J. Glidden, c/o Glidden & Glidden of Nantucket, Mass. from The Downy Flake, Inc. for $1. The property is assessed at $632,700. The land bank fee exemption is D. More...
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